The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-04-15


anu mas sliucK fresh water ut Il depth
of 765 feet. There has never been an
ordinary we'll on the island.
On a farm near Springfield. Illinois,
on Thursday. Thomas NJ. Reed was
shot dead by Writ Butler. u SON N
law OF General McClernand. A plea
OF self 1ieiense will be entered.
The people of Dubuque, to the num-
Der OF ten thousand. gathered ON s IL
day to witness the laying of the cor
ner-stone of the Sacred Heart ca ho-
lie church, which is to cost $4,000
Rev. j. II. Kendall. Of Mason City,
Iowa, was paralyzed on Sunday vt the
close OF his sermon. Judge j. V.
Eustace, OF Dixon, Illinois. Is rapidly
recovering from Il similar attack.
AT Paterson, New Jersey, on Sunday
evening, tOrpedOes were placed on the
horse-railway tracks ut the corner of
Market and Main streets. The ex-
plosion shattered the trucks of CIR.
A train about to be placed on the
Lake Shore route between Chicago and
New York is to be equipped with a
bathroom, barber-shop, library. and
electric lights, and possibly heated by
steam.
s. A. Chappell, formerly lieutenant
In the 10th Illinois Infantry, who re-
celyed serious wounds ut Shiloh is
strongly recommended for the vacant
secretaryship of the Soldiers Home at
Quincy.
On charge of misappropriating the
funds OF the defunct Monarch insur-
ance company, of Des M)ines. H. +.
Allen and f. M. Hubbard were on
Thursday arrested in that city and
held to bail.
w. $. Stokley, the director Of public
] safety. appointed by the mayor of
Philadelphia, has notified the police
lieutenants to enforce the laws against
gambling. prize-tighting, and Sunday
liquor-scllng.
ingtOn. Illinois, has been appointed
receiver of the Wabash railway, in
bond of 100000. S. II. Galloway, of
the Union Pacific, was unable to ac-
cept the position.
A cablegram from Paris states that
German agents are making dOmlcil-
larry visits in the Reichland, and that
orders have been given for the de
structiOn of French flags preserved III
the provincial mairies.
The supreme court at Washington,
i'm the cases brought by the national
banks of New York against the re-
ceiver of taxes, has decided in favor
of the latter. Taxes to the amount Of
S., O00, 600 are involved.
Governor Lee, of Virginia, having
received advices from London that Il
commission of bondhOlders is about to-
depart for Richmond, has appointed Il
Joint committee to confer with it Ola
the state debt question.
The development of natural gas at
Marion q
of $40 to 5000 per acre on all lands
within three miles of town. The
transfers within ten days have
amounted to 100000.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered that applications for
official action shall be made by petition
under oath. The Mobile and Ohio
road has asked relief rs to rates be-
cause of water competition.
An officer of the Salvation army has
been brought into court ut Charlotte,
North Carolina, for endeavoring to
induce handsome heiress to renOunce
home and friends, marry a captain,
and devote herself to the army.
A tract of about twenty-three hun
bred acres of mineral land in the Yer
million range, Lake Superior, purchased
from the Government SIX years ago
for $1.25 per acre, has been sold by
the same parties for $50 per acre.
A man giving the name of Doyle
was arrested at Chattanooga for re-
fusing to pay for supper i'll a restau-
rant. After his discharge he showed
the police $4,000 in currency, which
had been concealed in his clothing.
William Cunningham, burglar,
when arraigned for sentence in a New
York court, cursed Judge Moore and
started to attack him, causing the
Jurors to leave their box. lie was
sentenced to ten years at Sing Sing.
The magnificent Hotel de Monte,
erected at Monterey by the Southern
Pacific company at Il cost of S350,000,
was totally destroyed by fire during
Friday night. Three hundred guests
were rescued. but most Of them lost
their effects.
At Mount Sterling, Kentucky, be-
fore daylight, OH Monday, j. j. Cor
nailson was arrested and placed in
jail to serve three years for horse
whipping Judge Reid, who soon after
ward committed suicide because of his
sense of disgrace.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois
road, 139 miles in length has been
purchased by syndicate headed by
l. OlbCl III luC iuIClCob VI viz
Chicago and Indiana Coal road. The
new board of directors elected Richard
M. Hoe, president.
Arthur Terry, of Aurora, Illinois,
who is suspected of poisoning his wife
and attempting the lives of his parents
and children, was recently arrested ut
New Orleans, on applying for money
sent him by his father, and will be
brought back for trial.
Herman Schultzer, residing at No.
96l North IIoyne avenue, Chicago. was
last December bitten by dog, Early
Monday morning he became very viO-
lent from hydrophobia, and OH being
removed to the county jail expired in
eight hours, i'll terrible agony.
John G.. Sake, the poet, died at AL
bany OH Thursday. He was born in
Vermont in 1916. For many years he
has been mental and physical wreck
from injuries received III railway
disaster. His remains will be placed
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